VIDEO: Audi A3 Sedan 1.4 & 1.8 in-depth walk-around

It has been a while since our last walk-around video – you can blame the long production process of our on-going Driven Web Series for that – but fret not, it’s back! This time round, we’re looking at the new Audi A3 Sedan, in both 1.4 TFSI and 1.8 TFSI quattro guises.

Since there are two cars here, we have our dear old Harvinder to help me out (pardon my fedora. It was, err… given to me. Yeah, that’s it). We take a close look at the new model’s exterior and interior, to see if they’re worth the asking prices – RM179,900 for the front-wheel drive 1.4 TFSI, and RM240,888 for the all-wheel drive 1.8 TFSI quattro variant.

The two models are quite different specs wise – especially inside – and this video details all the variances, including the optional extras available for each model.

You can refer to our comprehensive launch report for more information on the Audi A3 Sedan, and we’ll have a full in-depth review up next week. And yes, the car will go against the Mercedes-Benz CLA 200 and the BMW 316i in a future episode of Driven Web Series too.

Preferring to drive cars rather than desks, Hafriz Shah ditched his suit and tie to join the ranks of Malaysia’s motoring hacks. A car’s technical brilliance is completely lost on him, appreciating character-making quirks more. When not writing this ego trip of a bio, he’s usually off driving about aimlessly, preferably in a car with the right combination of three foot pedals and six gears.

Such a beautiful car. This car has completely killed the Passat and Jetta in Malaysia. Every single buyer of VW has now moved to this A3. Also Audi gives genuine 4 year warranty not some insurance crap that VW gives that is discretionary and always rejected by the insurance Adjuster.

VW group has shot themselves in the foot. Nobody will buy their VW cars anymore.

he3, guess this guy dont even know that audi is owned by VW….VW is setting up audi msia at the ground floor of its VW building in Bangsar & its curretly under renovation. The 1.4 A3 engine/gearbox is the same as the UK’s match trim golf mk7 which is a slightly lower power 1.4TSI (or Audi language TFSI)…the mk7 here churning higher 140PS/250nm compared to the Audis 122PS/200nm.

Not many drivers know the actual dual clutch work..its delicate…you simply cant treat such gearbox like conventional one..Ive noticed a lot of drivers changing to R gear when car have not come to complete stop…Long terms more harm to the transmission..
This segment is for those who wanna feel different from others..Here you have 1.4 supercharge/turbo TSI that perform slightly better than a Civic 1.8

its churning 200nm of torque which is higher than a 1.8 civic or abt the same as a 2.0 accord/camry …btw both 2.4 accord/2.5 camry is only churning out abt 230-240nm of torque….anyway, the mk7 golf 1.4tsi do churned out higher torque at 250nm…he3

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